Rani-mango

🥤 Rani Fruit Drink (The Brand)
Most commonly, “Rani” refers to a popular brand of fruit juice drinks, especially its Mango Float, widely sold across the Middle East.

What it is: A mango-flavored juice drink known for its creamy texture and real fruit chunks (often peach pieces). It’s usually served chilled.

Flavor Profile: Sweet, refreshing, with a characteristic mango flavor and a smooth finish.

Ingredients: Typically includes water, sugar, mango pulp, milk solids (for the “float” version), and fruit pieces. Many variants have no added sugar and no artificial colors.

Where it’s from: Produced by companies in the Middle East, like Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (Saudi Arabia) and Tejarat Sharq Industries (Iran).

🥭 Rani Mango (The Fruit Varieties)
“Rani” is also attached to a few specific, and very different, mango cultivars:

Rani Pasand (“Queen’s Favorite”): An heirloom variety from Bengal, India, dating back to the 18th-century era of the Nawabs.

Taste: Small, round, sweet, and fiberless with a thin, smooth yellow skin.

Name Origin: Legend says it was the favorite mango of a Nawab’s best-loved wife (“Rani”).

Rani Thellakayala: A commercial mango plant variety sold by nurseries, indicating it is a distinct type of mango tree grown for its fruit.

Rani Ramanna (Cucumber Mango): A very unique variety from Chhattisgarh, India.

Taste: Unlike any other, it’s eaten raw and tastes bland, tart, and like a cucumber or coconut. Once it ripens, it gets infested with insects and becomes inedible.